In the thirteenth century was established that most terrible engines
of the papacy, THE INQUISITION. The prince of darkness wrought with the
leaders of the papal hierarchy. In their secret councils, Satan and his
angels control the minds of evil men, while unseen in the midst, stood and
angel of the Lord taking the fearful record of their iniquitous decrees,
and writing the history of feeds too horrible to appear to human eyes."
Babylon The Great"" was drunken with the blood of the saints"
the mangle forms of millions of martyrs cried to the Lord for vengeance
upon the apostate power.
Popery had become the world's despot. Kings and Emperors bowed to the decrees o f the Roman Pontiff. The destinies of men, both for time and eternity, seemed under his control. For hundreds of years the doctrines of Rome had been extensively and implicitly received, its rites reverently performed its festivals generally observed. Its clergy were honored and liberally sustained. Never since has the Roman church attained to greater dignity, magnificence, and power.
But "THE NOON OF THE PAPACY WAS THE MIDNIGHT OF THE WORLD". J. A. Wylie The History of Protestantism. b.I. chap 4.
The Holy Scriptures were almost unknown, not only to the people, but to the priest like the pharisees of old, the papist leaders hated the light which would reveal their sins. The law of the Lord, the standard of righteousness, having been remove, they exercised power without limit, and practiced vice without restraint. Fraud, avarice, and profligacy prevailed.
The Roman Church now presents a fair front to world covering her record of horrible cruelties with apologies. She has clothed herself in Christ-like garments; but she is unchanged. Every principle of popery that existed in past ages exists today. The doctrine devised in the darkest ages are still held. Let none deceive themselves. The popery that Protestant are so ready to honor is the same that ruled the world in the days of the reformation, when men of the Lord stood up at the peril of their lives, to expose her iniquity. She possesses the same pride and arrogant assumption that lorded it over kings and princes, and claimed the prerogatives of the Lord. Her spirit is not less cruel and despotic now that when she crushed out human liberty, and slew the saints of the Most High.
The papacy is just what prophecy declared that she would be, the apostasy of the latter times. 2 chap 2 verse 3,4. It is a part of her policy to assume the character which will best accomplish her purpose; but beneath the variable appearance of the chameleon, she conceals the invariable venom of the serpent.
Romanism is now regarded by Protestants with
far greater favor than in former years. In those countries where Catholicism
is not in the ascendancy, and the papist are taking a conciliatory course
in order to gain influence, there is an increasing indifference concerning
the doctrines that separate the reform churches from the papal hierarchy;
the opinion is gaining ground, that after all, we do not differ so widely
upon vital points as has been supposed, and that a little concession on
our part will bring us into a better understanding with Rome.
The defenders of the papacy declare that the church has been maligned; and
the Protestant world are inclined to accept the statement. Many urge that
it is unjust to judge the church of today by the abominations and absurdities
that marked her reign during the centuries of ignorance and darkness. They
excuse her horrible cruelty as the result of the barbarism of the times,
and pled that the influence of modern civilization has changed her sentiments.
Have these persons forgotten the claim of infallibility put forth for eight
hundred years by this haughty power? so far from been relinquished, this
claim has been affirmed in the nineteen century with greater positiveness
than ever before. As Rome asserts that the "church never erred, nor
will it, according to the Scriptures, ever err"(John L.Von Mosheim,
Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, b. 3, century11. part 2, section 9,
note 17), how can she renounce the principles which governed her course
in past ages?
The papal church will never relinquish her claim to infallibility. All that
she has done in her persecution of those who reject her dogmas, she holds
to be right; and would she not repeat the same acts, should the opportunity
be presented? Let the restraints now imposed by secular governments be removed,
and Rome be reinstated in her former power, and there would speedily be
a revival of her tyranny and persecution.
A well known writer ( Josiah Strong, D.D., in Our Country. pp 46-48) speaks
thus of the the attitude of the papal hierarchy as regards freedom of conscience,
and of the perils which specially threaten the United States from the success
of her policy;
There are many who are disposed to attribute any fear of Roman Catholicism
in the United States to bigotry or childishness. Such see nothing in the
character and attitude of Romanism that is hostile to our free institutions,
or find nothing portentous in its growth. Let us, then, first compare some
of the fundamental principles of our government with those of the Roman
Catholic church.
The Constitution of the United States guarantees liberty of conscience.
Nothing is dearer or more fundamental. Pope Pius IX, in his Encyclical letter
of August 15, 1854, said: "The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings
in defense of liberty of conscience, are a most pestilential error-- a pest,
of all others, most to be dreaded in a state." The same Pope, in is
Encyclical letter of Dec.8 1864, anathematized those who assert the liberty
of conscience and of religious worship.' also "All such as maintain
that the church may not employ force.'
The pacific tone of Rome in the United States does not imply a change of
heart. She is tolerant where she is helpless. Says Bishop O'Connor: Religious
liberty is merely endured until the opposite can be carried into effect
without peril to the Catholic world.'... The archbishop of St. Louis once
said: " Heresy and unbelief are crimes; and in Christian countries,
as in Italy and Spain, for instance, where all people are Catholics, and
where the Catholic religion is as essential part of the law of the land,
they are punished as other crimes.'...
Every cardinal, archbishop, and Bishop in the Catholic church takes and
oath of allegiance to the Pope, in which occur the following words: Heretics,
schismatic, and rebels to our said Lord (the Pope), or is aforesaid successors,
I will to my utmost persecute and oppose."--Josiah Strong, Our Country,
ch. 5, pars.2--4.
From the book "The Great Controversy" by Ellen G. White.
Vatican Photo J. Franquiz.
Letter from The Former Late President of the United States Mr. Harry Truman to Pope Pio XII.
Washington D.C.
Dear Mr. Pacelli: As A member of the Baptist Church and Executive
Chief of this Great Nation, and the more powerful nation in the whole world.
Everyone call me Mr. Truman. I can not call you, "Holiness" this
title belongs only to the Creator of the Universe. We also in the United
States consider all men are equal in the eyes of the Creator and we call
them by their own names.
For the same reason I must address you as Mr. Pacelli.
The people that elected me as their Executive Chief, are a peace loving
people and a democratic nation. For this reason my duty is to find collaboration
from those that are in reality looking for peace and are working to obtain
peace and not from those pushing for war. I believe that yourself and neither
your church are included with those that are truly working for peace. First,
the founding Fathers of this great nation knew that throughout history,
the nature of your church is love for politics and war. They consented as
a principle of our government, not to allowed your church to be involved
in our internal affairs. They learned this too well from the History in
Europe. We are
convinced that our democracy will not last if we get in the mixture of all
of your doctrines and intrigue, as the governments of Europe did.
We know that you yourself and the Kaiser were part of the intrigue created
against the Allies during the First War World. You also spent 12 years in
Germany during the ascension on Hitler to power. You also negotiated with
the execrable Fritz Von Papen a double Pope to help Hitler to power, as
you signature is found Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli along with Hitler signature
in the concordant between the Vatican and the Third Reich in 1933.
Nobody is going to believe that you were ignorant of the plot Hitler and
his Nazis got under way against us. The number one catholic biographer said
referring about yourself "The more well informed man in the Reich".
After that Von Papen and yourself signed the concordant which blessed Hitler
with 'holy-water' and gave him the needed push to power. Your colleague
Von Papen after he escape from the gallows by an inch, boasted as follow:
"The Third Reich is the first power that not only recognized, but put
into practice the high principles of the papacy".
Your cardinals and bishops in Rome blessed the weapons used against the
defenseless Ethiopians. Cardinal Schuter of Milan proclaimed the annexation
of Ethiopia as a holy-crusade to bring to Ethiopia in triumph the cross
of Christ.
And after all of these, Can you still call your church the church of God?
Also, Do you pretend that I still see you as superior to me and superior
to the people of the United States?, You are using sweet words to talk about
justice and at the same time playing the drums of war calling for another
war more terrible and destructive that the two past wars against Russia,
which helped us to defeat Hitler and Mussolini.
You are inciting the United States to rush into building diabolic and detestable
regimes, You want us to waste our money, and to send our young people to
a horrible death over the remains of Hitler and Mussolini to finish the
work they started with your help after we defeated them. Yes, the United
States longs for peace. From all the nations we still have some prosperity,
and decency, as we are the bastion for democratic freedom. If we, as protestant
England get weak and loose our substance, your "catholic culture"
will have another opportunity to govern the world again. You can easily
after get an alliance with Russia against us, if we were to loose, or fall
weak after a war of that nature.
Your predecessor pope Pio XI declared publicly, 'For the interest of the
church, I will go as far as getting a concordant with the devil' For these
reason Mr. Pacelli is my duty as the head of this protestant nation, to
reject this adventure disguised as a peace treaty. "Those eating in
the same dish as the Devil, must use a very long spoon". I will continue
working for peace as a member of the Baptist Faith, holding and working
with honorable protestant principles, as they have made our nation so great.
BIBLE DOCTRINES Teached by Yahushua and counterpart by Catholicism
| TRUE DOCTRINE --------BIBLE TEXT | FALSE DOCTRINE-----------DATE INTRODUCED |
| The Dead know nothing...............Ecclesiastes 9: 5 John 11: 11 | Prayer for the dead...................................year 310 |
| Worship the Creator in Spirit................John 4: 23-24 | Candles....................................................year 320 |
| Worship only the Creator.....................Revelation 19: 10 | Veneration of Angels and Saints................year 375 |
| The Sabbath is the day of worship........Exodus 20: 8-11 | First Sunday Law (under Constantine)...... year 321 |
| No, to graven images...........................Exodus 20: 4-6 | Veneration of images................................year 375 |
| One sacrifice, Yahushua.......................Hebrews 9: 26 | Sacrifice of the Mass done daily................year 394 |
| One Mediator ONLY, The Savior.......I Timothy 2: 5 | Mary as a Mediator (counsel Ephesus)......year 431 |
| Priesthood of ALL believers................I Peter 2: 9 | Priest introduced at worship......................year 500 |
| Prayer for the sick (restoration)...........James 5: 14 | Anointing of the dying...............................year 526 |
| Dead, and after, the judgment...........Hebrews 9: 27 | Purgatory (Gregory the Great)..................year 593 |
| Make preaching understandable...........I Cor. 14: 9 | Pope Gregory implemented Latin..............year 600 |
| Pray only to the Creator......................John 14: 13 | Prayers to Mary and the saints..................year 600 |
| Yahushua the only Foundation.............I Cor. 3: 11 | Pope is made the foundation.....................year 610 |
| Call no man Father..............................Matthew 23: 9 | Pope is called Holy Father........................year 610 |
| Don't worship men..............................Acts 10: 26 | Kissing of the Pope feet............................year 709 |
| Yahushua rejects a temporary kingdom....John 18: 38 | Pope received temporary kingdom............year 750 |
| Only the blood of Yahushua................I John 1: 7-9 | Adoration to the cross and antiques...........year 786 |
| Blessing only through Yahushua...........Ephesians 5: 26 | Salt and holy-water...................................year 850 |
| Yahushua the only High Priest............. Hebrews 8: 1 | Pope made high priest by cardinals............year 927 |
| Worship only the Creator....................Matthew 4: 10 | Worship to Joseph introduced...................year 890 |
| All the believers are saints...................I Cor. 1: 2 | Canonization of dead saints.......................year 995 |
| Leaders of the church must be married....I Timothy 2: 5 | Celibacy (imposed by Bonifacio)...............year 1079 |
| No to pray repeating...........................Matthew 6: 7 | The Rosary introduced..............................year 1090 |
| Yahushua never used force..................Revelation 22: 17 | Inquisition (Pope Inocent III).....................year 1184 |
| Salvation by Faith................................Romans 5: 1 | Sales of Indulgences..................................year 1190 |
| The Supper (symbolic).........................Luke 22: 19 | Transubstantiation.....................................year 1215 |
| Sin, Confess to the Creator Only...........Psalms 32: 5 | Confession to Priest..................................year 1215 |
| The Creator abhor idolatry....................Exodus 20: 4 | The adoration of the wafer........................year 1220 |
| Yahushua order to search the Bible........John 5: 39 | The Bible is prohibited..............................year 1229 |
| The Bible proscribed idolatry................Rev. 21: 8 | Scapular protects.......................................year 1287 |
| Drink freely..........................................Matthew 26: 27 | The cup is prohibited to the layman............year 1414 |
| Two Sacraments..................................Matthew 18: 19 | Doctrine of seven sacraments....................year 1439 |
| Baptism and Supper.............................Matthew 26: 26 | infant baptism, confirmation, penitence,communion,matrimony, sacerdotal order, unction at death..................................................................year 1439 |
| Yahushua condemn tradition...................Mark 7: 7-13 | Tradition Equal to the Bible......................year 1545 |
| Do not add to the Bible..........................Revelation 22: 18 | The Apocrifa is added to the Bible...........year 1546 |
| All men are sinners.................................Romans 3: 23 | The Immaculate Conception......................year 1854 |
| Only the Creator is Infallible....................Matthew 19: 17 | Papal infallibility........................................year 1870 |
From the Books: "The Church founded by Jesus" and "Difference between a Christian church and a Catholic Church" by Monsenior Dr. Rafael Rodriguez Guillen.
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